Ovid and the Liberty of Speech in Shakespeare''s England
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108720714
ISBN-13
9781108720717
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 7th, 2023
Print length
298 Pages
Weight
450 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: generalLiterary studies: ancient, classical and medievalLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: plays & playwrightsLiterary studies: plays and playwrightsShakespeare studies & criticism
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Addressing early modern scholars, classicists, historians, literary critics and scholars of imitation and adaptation of all levels, this book reveals how the work of Ovid, poet-philosopher of literary innovation and the liberty of speech, catalysed the extraordinary rise of new and audacious poetic forms during the English Renaissance.
The range of poetic invention that occurred in Renaissance English literature was vast, from the lyric eroticism of the late sixteenth century to the rise of libertinism in the late seventeenth century. Heather James argues that Ovid, as the poet-philosopher of literary innovation and free speech, was the galvanizing force behind this extraordinary level of poetic creativity. Moving beyond mere topicality, she identifies the ingenuity, novelty and audacity of the period's poetry as the political inverse of censorship culture. Considering Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Milton and Wharton among many others, the book explains how free speech was extended into the growing domain of English letters, and thereby presents a new model of the relationship between early modern poetry and political philosophy.
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